Saturday, July 12th – Saturday, July 19th

NYC's East Village
During the 19th century, millionaires like the Astors and Vanderbilts had homes in East Village, but the waves of Irish, German, Jewish, Polish, and Ukrainian immigrants who flooded into New York City in the 1900s soon displaced the elite, who moved uptown.

Since then, the area has been home to the Beat generation of the 1950s, hippies in the 1960s, and punks in the late 1970s and 1980s. Today it's still a young person's neighborhood, with its experimental music clubs and theaters and cutting-edge fashion. New York University is in the area, so there's no shortage of clientele here. For more trend-setting street life, head east toward Alphabet City (named for avenues A, B, C, and D)- still a little rough around the edges but with many reasonably priced, fun, and gamut-running places to eat, drink, and shopÉand, if you're really getting into the scene, some very cool tattoo parlors.

In spite of the trendiness and booming economy of the neighbor, the East Village also has it's struggles. Resddents contend daily with poverty, drugs, alcoholism, briken homes, abusive relationships, teen pregnancy and violence. The drop out rates and standardized testing scores are among the worst in the city with only 39.3% of school age and middle school students meeting or exceding mandate levels in math. Areas surrounding Abounding Grace has been described by the NYPD as having the highest concentration of occult activity anywhere in the city and homeless youth.

Host Ministry:

Abounding Grace
Pastors Rick and Arlene DelRio

Generation Xcel
Jeremy DelRio - executive Director

Chain Reaction New York City is a collaboration with ministries located the city that have been active in these communities, and will continue to minister to the residents after the project week is over.

For more details on Jesus Loves You New York City click here.